Although still under sporadic criticism from regulators, legislators and customers, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and parent company PG&E Corp. are developing a new playbook, including updated wildfire mitigation plans.

CEO Patricia Poppe during a fourth quarter conference call Thursday said the mitigation plans were moving to risk-based from activity-based. They would address the highest risk areas in its service territory with an “enhanced, predictive” model using state-of-the-art technology.

“I feel good about our ability to build a transparent system so anyone who wants to can be aware of the status of our wildfire mitigation plan,” said Poppe, who came aboard two months ago. “I’m finding incredibly talented people here; they just need a process and a system...